Morphometrics–Morphometrics for Nonmorphometricians. Springer-Verlag
Publishers, Heidelberg, Germany. 367 pp.
This edited volume provides an introduction to morphometrics in a clear and simple way without recourse to complex mathematics and statistics. This introduction is followed by a series of case studies describing the variety of applications of morphometrics from paleontology and evolutionary ecology to archaeological artifacts analysis. This is followed by a presentation of future applications of morphometrics and state of the art software for analyzing and comparing shape. . Contents,
Publisher's web page.

Morphology, shape, and phylogeny. Taylor & Francis. 304 pp.
ISBN: 0-415-24074-3.
Several chapters are relevant to applications of geometric morphometrics to
phylogeny. Includes chapter by Bookstein on creases and a chapter by Rohlf
on estimation of ancestral landmark configurations and images.

Advances in Morphometrics. NATO ASI Series A: Life Sciences vol.
284. Plenum: New York. x1v+587 pp. ISBN 0-306-45301-0
Collection of papers resulting from the NATO ASI in Il Ciocco, Italy in 1993.
Topics include: traditional morphometrics, data acquisition, landmark methods,
outlines with or without landmarks, comparing shapes of organisms, low taxonomic
level and intraspecific comparisons, and higher taxonomic level comparisons.
There will also be an extensive glossary. Cost: $231.50 (US) or 224.50 EUR.
Link to publisherNote: in the past qualifying orders for five or more copies
of NATO volumes (can be of the same or different titles) are charged only
$40/ volume. Contact the publisher to see if this is still possible. Link
to the publisher's home page.

Monteiro,
Lenadro and Sergio Furtado dos Reis 1999.

Principios de morfometria geometrica. Holos Editora (holos@highnet.com.br).
188 pp. ISBN: 85-86699-10-1.
This is the first morphometrics primer in portuguese language. It has 188
pages and covers topics such as basic multivariate analysis, Outline methods,
Superimposition methods and thin plate splines. It has also a worked example
and a chapter exposing the matrix algebra needed to understand the text.

Proceedings of the Michigan Morphometrics Workshop. Special Publ.
No. 2, The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 380 pp.
Collection of papers resulting from the Michigan workshop. Topics include
data acquisition, multivariate methods, methods for outline data, methods
for landmark data, and the problem of homology. Order from: Publications,
Museum of Zoology, The Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079. Soft cover
$17.50 + shipping. List of corrections as html
or a 36K PDF file. A few copies are still available (as of 12/22/06) for $25. Email fpaper@umich.edu, call 734-764-0470, or FAX 734-763-4080.Click here to access download site for the 27MB PDF file.

Reviews:

Strauss, R. E. 1991. Science 253:1152

Mousseau, T. A. 1991. Evolution 45:1979-1980

Warheit, K. I. 1992. Syst. Biol. 41:392-395

Mangel, M. 1992. Q. Rev. Biol. 67:418-419

Slice,
Dennis E. (ed.) 2005.

Modern Morphometrics in Physical Anthropology. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, 383 pp. ISBN: 0306486989.
Provides a comprehensive sampling of the applications
of modern, sophisticated methods of shape analysis in anthropology,
and serves as a starting point for the exploration of these practices by students and
researchers.
This text is a resource for the general morphometric community that includes ecologists,
evolutionary biologists, systematists, and medical researchers.

Small,
C. G. 1996.

The statistical theory of shape. Springer: New York. 227 pp. ISBN:
0-387-94729-9.
A technical discussion of the geometry and statistics of Kendall's shape space.

Weber,
G. W. and F. L. Bookstein. 2011.

Virtual Anthropology: a guide to a new interdisciplinary field. Springer: New York. 423 pp. ISBN: 978-3-211-48647-4.

Note1: By tradition, some of the above books are referred to
by color. Thus: Bookstein et al. (1985) is the "red book", Rohlf and Bookstein
(1990) is the "blue book", Bookstein (1991) is the "orange book", and Marcus
et al. (1993) is the "black book." The book by Zelditch et al. (2004) is known as the "green book".

Note2: Please check the reviews before investing in one of
the books listed above. The list is intended to be comprehensive and not
a list of recommended readings.

Thanks to John M. Lynch for putting together the initial list of reviews for
the above publications.